Geophagus
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 Geophagus surinamensis
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Geophagus is a genus cichlids. The genus is currently polyphyletic and in need of further taxonomic revision. Some geophagine cichlids previously included in this genus have been reallocated to Gymnogeophagus or Satanoperca.
[edit] Species
FishBase lists 22 species[1] and recently two new species were added bringing the total to 24 species:
- Geophagus abalios López-Fernández & Taphorn, 2004.
- Geophagus acuticeps Heckel, 1840.
- Geophagus altifrons Heckel, 1840.
- Geophagus argyrostictus Kullander, 1991.
- Geophagus brachybranchus Kullander & Nijssen, 1989.
- Geophagus brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824).
- Geophagus brokopondo Kullander & Nijssen, 1989.
- Geophagus camopiensis Pellegrin, 1903.
- Geophagus crassilabris Steindachner, 1876.
- Geophagus dicrozoster López-Fernández & Taphorn, 2004.
- Geophagus gottwaldi Schindler & Staeck, 2006.[2]
- Geophagus grammepareius Kullander & Taphorn, 1992.
- Geophagus harreri Gosse, 1976.
- Geophagus iporangensis Haseman, 1911.
- Geophagus itapicuruensis Haseman, 1911.
- Geophagus jurupari Heckel, 1840.
- Geophagus megasema Heckel, 1840.
- Geophagus obscurus (Castelnau, 1855).
- Geophagus parnaibae Staeck & Schindler, 2006.[3]
- Geophagus pellegrini Regan, 1912.
- Geophagus proximus (Castelnau, 1855).
- Geophagus steindachneri Eigenmann & Hildebrand, 1910.
- Geophagus surinamensis (Bloch, 1791).
- Geophagus taeniopareius Kullander & Royero, 1992.
- Geophagus winemilleri López-Fernández & Taphorn, 2004.
[edit] References
- ^ "Geophagus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
- ^ Schindler, Ingo & Staeck, Wolfgang (2006): Geophagus gottwaldi sp. n. - a new species of cichlid fish (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae) from the drainage of the upper rio Orinoco in Venezuela. Zoologische Abhandlungen (Dresden) 56: 91-97 PDF fulltext
- ^ Staeck, Wolfgang & Schindler, Ingo (2006): Geophagus parnaibae sp. n. - a new species of cichlid fish (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae) from the rio Parnaiba basin, Brazil. Zoologische Abhandlungen (Dresden) 55: 69-75 PDF fulltext
